‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ Wins Weekend Box Office

“A Good Day to Die Hard” won this weekend’s box office battle, as expected. The fifth instalment in the “Die Hard” franchise grossed $25 million from Friday to Sunday and is expected to earn $30 million over the entire President’s Day long weekend.

The action movie also did well overseas, earning $61.1 million in the international box office and a total earning of $113.3 million worldwide.

Coming in second is “Identity Thief,” starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman. In its second weekend at the box office, the movie earned $23.4 million and is expected to gross a total of $27.7 million for the entire holiday weekend. This would give the movie a total of $75 million in domestic earnings since its opening.

“Safe Haven,” a Nicholas Sparks adaptation starring Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, took the third spot. It earned $21.4 million from Friday to Sunday and is expected to earn $25 million by the end of the holiday weekend. Both “Safe Haven” and “A Good Day to Die Hard” premiered on Valentine’s Day.